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| -rw-r--r-- | erts/doc/src/notes.xml | 76 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | erts/vsn.mk | 2 |
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diff --git a/erts/doc/src/notes.xml b/erts/doc/src/notes.xml index 64de3aa622..ab6291614c 100644 --- a/erts/doc/src/notes.xml +++ b/erts/doc/src/notes.xml @@ -31,6 +31,82 @@ </header> <p>This document describes the changes made to the ERTS application.</p> +<section><title>Erts 7.0.2</title> + + <section><title>Fixed Bugs and Malfunctions</title> + <list> + <item> + <p> + A process could end up in an inconsistent half exited + state in the runtime system without SMP support. This + could occur if the processes was traced by a port that it + also was linked to, and the port terminated abnormally + while handling a trace message for the process.</p> + <p> + This bug has always existed in the runtime system without + SMP support, but never in the runtime system with SMP + support.</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-12889 Aux Id: seq12885 </p> + </item> + <item> + <p> + Removed unnecessary copying of data when retrieving + corrected Erlang monotonic time.</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-12894</p> + </item> + <item> + <p> + Changed default OS monotonic clock source chosen at build + time. This in order to improve performance. The behavior + will now on most systems be that (both OS and Erlang) + monotonic time stops when the system is suspended.</p> + <p> + If you prefer that monotonic time elapse during suspend + of the machine, you can pass the command line argument + <c>--enable-prefer-elapsed-monotonic-time-during-suspend</c> + to <c>configure</c> when building Erlang/OTP. The + configuration stage will try to find such a clock source, + but might not be able to find it. Note that there might + be a performance penalty associated with such a clock + source.</p> + <p> + *** POTENTIAL INCOMPATIBILITY ***</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-12895</p> + </item> + <item> + <p> + <c>erlang:system_info(end_time)</c> returned a faulty + value on 32-bit architectures.</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-12896</p> + </item> + </list> + </section> + + + <section><title>Improvements and New Features</title> + <list> + <item> + <p> + The <c>configure</c> command line argument + <c>--enable-gettimeofday-as-os-system-time</c> has been + added which force usage of <c>gettimeofday()</c> for OS + system time. This will improve performance of + <c>os:system_time()</c> and <c>os:timestamp()</c> on + MacOS X, at the expense of worse accuracy, resolution and + precision of Erlang monotonic time, Erlang system time, + and OS system time.</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-12892</p> + </item> + </list> + </section> + +</section> + <section><title>Erts 7.0.1</title> <section><title>Fixed Bugs and Malfunctions</title> diff --git a/erts/vsn.mk b/erts/vsn.mk index 985834a801..478f581f13 100644 --- a/erts/vsn.mk +++ b/erts/vsn.mk @@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ # %CopyrightEnd% # -VSN = 7.0.1 +VSN = 7.0.2 # Port number 4365 in 4.2 # Port number 4366 in 4.3 |